Portable bathing-tub



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PORTABLE BATHING' TUB. N -T 36 I Patented 1300.12.1'882.

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ALEXANDER P. BROWNE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PORTABLE BATHlNG-TU B.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,862, dated December 12, 1882. Application filed October 25, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDERP. BROWNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massach usetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Bathing-Tubs, of which the following is a'specitication.

My invention relates to portable pans or tubs for bathing purposes, and has for its ob- IO ject greater convenience and greater economy of water in their use than have hitherto been attained.

In the manufacture of vessels of this class, which are by their nature in use but a small portion of the time, it has hitherto been found convenient and desirable to construct them of a shallowness sufficient to enable them, when not in use, to he slid under a bed or couchin the sleeping apartment, whereby they are readily removed from view. But this construction has been found defective, in that it necessitates having the interior of the pan or tub of such an area and conformation that an unduly large amount of water is required to be transported to and used in the tub to give a sufficient depth of water for bathing purposes. Again, this construction, distributing the body of water over so large an area, renders difficult and inconvenient the emptying of the tub or pan after bathing, and this difficulty is enhanced by the fact that the sole means of emptying heretofore provided has been two handles arranged at opposite sides upon the rim, by which construction the leverage of the water in the pan is exerted unfavorably against the strength of the person lifting the tub to empty it, and tends to cause the spilling of the water upon the carpet or floor. 'lhesedefects before mentioned are remedied by the improvements herein described,

a water-tight inclosure, B, into which the clean water is to be poured. The rest of the interior of the pan forms a second inclosure, O, in which the bather stands. This last inclosure is provided with an outlet, D, to facilitate the emptying from O of the water which fallsinto it during the operation of bathing simultaneously with that remaining in B. The bottom of the inclosure B being of considerably less area than theentire bottom of the tub or pan, less water will be needed to fill it to a depth sufficient for bathing purposes than would be required to cover the whole bottom of the tub to the same depth, and thus less ward with its ends resting upon the floor. It

is so constructed that when the tub or other vessel is to be emptied the feet of the support form a fulcrum upon which the tub may be raised until tilted sufficiently to allow its contents to flow out into any suitable receptacle. When not in use the support may be folded back and thus put out of the way. By the use of such a fulcrum or support the labor of emptying a tub or other vessel is, as will readily be seen, greatly diminished.

I claim- 1. A portable bath tub or pan having two compartments separated by a permanent partition to form a receptacle for water and another for the bather, substantially as described.

2. A portable bath tub or pan having separate compartments, one forwater, the other for the bather, provided with suitable outlets for 

